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| n2dwind | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 405 | | Location | : | Jupiter, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 Jul 2011 - 17:13 Post title : Motorcycle Jack | | | Anyone looking for a motorcycle jack should visit their nearest Harbor Freight location. I bought this one a couple of weeks ago for the low price of $99.99 and followed the instructions on this forum for the piece of wood the members use under the sump when jacking. It worked perfectly and the foot pedal is great because I can use both hands to hold the Bike steady when taking it up.
The current issue (August) of Rider magazine has a full page add from Harbor Freight and it lists this same jack for $59.99. You really can't beat this price.
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| Farkinott | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/12/2010 | | Posts | : | 283 | | Location | : | Queensland, Australia |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2011 - 11:20 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: n2dwind) | | | Does anyone know of anything similar that is available in Australia?
| The only thing that's impossible is shoving 1/2 a pound of melted butter up a wild cats arse with a red hot poker
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2011 - 12:38 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: Farkinott) | | | I like how you snuck in a picture of your "throne" in this photo. Maybe a little subliminal statement about the quality of anything from Harbor Freight? 
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2011 - 12:47 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: narsisco_lopez) | | |
narsisco_lopez wrote:
I like how you snuck in a picture of your "throne" in this photo. Maybe a little subliminal statement about the quality of anything from Harbor Freight? |
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Wow that lift must really have turned you on.
I got this for around £100 in Blighty ( in a nice tight fitting red powdercoat)
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| ezrider3 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 505 | | Location | : | Maryland, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2011 - 13:15 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: n2dwind) | | | I got a Sears Craftsman motorcycle jack on sale at Sears for $69
Great deal
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| herbivore12 | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 15/06/2011 | | Posts | : | 14 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 10 Jul 2011 - 05:20 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: n2dwind) | | | Thanks for the heads-up; I went out and bought one of these this afternoon after reading about it here. However, my forum-searching skills seem to be pretty poor, as I don't find the instructions regarding using a block of wood while using this jack to lift our bikes. Can you point me in the right direction? Do we have to use a piece of wood in order to lift our bikes with this jack, or can I in fact just slide the thing under the bike and crank her up?
I installed new footpegs earlier today (Kuryakyn Switchblades: thanks, Eddy!), and it would have been nice to have had the bike up higher for the work. Looking forward to using the jack next time (and maybe for wheel-cleaning days. . . )
Thanks again for the tip!
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| BigJack | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2009 | | Posts | : | 246 | | Location | : | Mishawaka, In., United States |
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| | Posted : 10 Jul 2011 - 13:13 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: herbivore12) | | | While some insist you must use a board,I've just put the jack under and lift on the pipes.I have a 2010 ordered with the first 500 preordered. I clean my rims monthly, have changed two back tires,and usually raise it weekly for ease of cleaning.The pipes are heavy duty and I see no problems with lifting this way.
| Big Jack, It's not what you ride,it's that you ride!!
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 10 Jul 2011 - 13:24 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: BigJack) | | | Well my movers saw no problem in lifting the bikes via the pipes as well... which is why I have two dents in my headers. I suppose it makes a bit of difference in how well you disperse the weight when you lift that way, but I sure as hell wouldn't do it for fear of potentially doing it, since the headers cost about $1000. Glad it works for you though.
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| Domino | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 230 | | Location | : | Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 10 Jul 2011 - 14:51 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: herbivore12) | | | Here's a Link to a previous thread on this subject.
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| ezrider3 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 21/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 505 | | Location | : | Maryland, United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Jul 2011 - 11:20 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: BigJack) | | | If you lift it with just the jack on the pipes you are putting an extreme strain on the header pipes where they attach to the heads. You can do it this way if you like but you will pay in the long run. Just cut a piece of plywood. SIMPLE fix
EZ
BigJack wrote:
While some insist you must use a board,I've just put the jack under and lift on the pipes.I have a 2010 ordered with the first 500 preordered. I clean my rims monthly, have changed two back tires,and usually raise it weekly for ease of cleaning.The pipes are heavy duty and I see no problems with lifting this way. |
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| THUNDERBOLT | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/04/2011 | | Posts | : | 27 | | Location | : | St Clair, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 17 Jul 2011 - 22:17 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: Farkinott) | | | Farkinott wrote
Does anyone know of anything similar that is available in Australia?
Hi Marc,
Repco Auto Stores sell a very similar jack, well they do in NSW try your Hermit Park Store 07 47250641. Go the Cowboys!! 
Tony (Thunderbolt)
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| Theazrp | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 111 | | Location | : | Gold Canyon, Arizona, United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Aug 2011 - 21:30 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: n2dwind) | | | I have that one from Harbor Freight and have cut the piece of wood as described in several posts (Theres a picture in the album section, Matt 1600 posted it, (I think). Anyhow, mine works just fine but one thing you may have learned by now, and I would like to caution others about, is with this jack the pedal You use to pump it up works just like you'd think, but the pedal that lets it down may not. When you let it down, if you just put light pressure on the pedal, it will drop like a rock and scare the bejesus out of you, but if you STOMP on it and hold it down, the bike will float down nice and slow. Learned it the hard way, maybe they're all designed like that, I don't know.
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| n2dwind | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 405 | | Location | : | Jupiter, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Aug 2011 - 22:40 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: Theazrp) | | | Mine is that way also, the little amount of instructions that came with it states that if you push half way down on the release pedal, it will go down fast, if you push it all the way down it is supposed to go slow. The problem with that setup is that you have to go through half way (fast) to get to all the way down (slow). When you "stomp on it" you are just pushing it all the way down really fast. It takes a few ups and downs to get used to it and I will agree that the first few times it really scares the bejesus out of you but it never fell off and the kickstand was always down so it stayed upright and steady.
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| DizzE | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,141 | | Location | : | Sunnyvale, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 24 Aug 2011 - 00:04 Post title : Re: Motorcycle Jack (Re: n2dwind) | | | That's weird, the Sears jack has proprotional control, little bit is a little bit.
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